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NVAP Reference Guide: Interstate

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Preface

Introduction

Control and Eradication

Brucellosis

Johne’s Disease

Pseudorabies (PRV)

Tuberculosis

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Scrapie

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

Poultry
National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)

Avian Influenza (AI)

Exotic Newcastle disease (END)

Equine Disease

Aquatic Animal

Aquatic Animal National Health Plan

Aquatic Animal Health Activities

Animal Health Emergency Management

Animal Health Emergency Management

Emergency Response Structure

National Response Framework (NRF)

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

National Animal Health Emergency Management System (NAHEMS)

Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Plan (FAD PReP)

FAD Recognition and Initial Response

National Animal Health Emergency Response Corps (NAHERC)

Notifiable Diseases and Conditions

WOAH and International Standards

Cleaning and Disinfection

Importance of Cleaning & Disinfection

Cleaning

Disinfection

Regulation of Disinfectants

Safety

Disease Surveillance

Laboratory Submissions

Animal Movement

Interstate Regulations

Interstate Movement of Cattle, Horses, Swine, Sheep and Goats

Issuing Interstate Animal Movement Documents

International Animal Movement

Issuing International Health Certificates (IHCs) for Live Animal Movement

Common Problems Observed on Certificates for Live Animal Movement
Animal Identification 

Animal Identification

Cattle Identification

Swine Identification

Equine Identification

Sheep and Goat Identification

Fowl Identification

Compliance and Regulations

Appendix

A: 9 CFR PARTS 160, 161, and 162

B: APHIS VS District Offices

C: State Animal Health Officials

D: Forms

E: Other Organizational Information with Contact Points

F: Web Sites

G: Equine Teeth and Aging

Interstate regulations provide for quarantine, restriction of movement, maintenance

of sanitation, and identification of animals to prevent the spread of animal disease.

Accredited veterinarians certify livestock, birds, and poultry for intrastate and

interstate transportation according to the regulations in Title 9 Code of Federal

Regulations (9 CFR). Individual States provide certificates of veterinary inspection

that are available from the State animal health official. 

Interstate transportation of animals (including poultry) and animal products must

conform to the requirements in 9 CFR, chapter 1, subchapter C, parts 70 through 89.

Most States have additional animal-entry requirements. These requirements, as well

as intrastate transportation regulations, can be obtained from the appropriate State

animal health official.

State Department of Agriculture Officials

State Animal Health Officials

State Regulations for Importing Animals
To facilitate the movement of livestock and poultry and to prevent the spread of

disease, you as an accredited veterinarian are responsible for becoming familiar

with the appropriate State and Federal movement regulations. You should inspect

and or examine animals or poultry according to these regulations and any additional

instructions given by your State animal health official or VS Area Office and provide

a complete and legible certificate of veterinary inspection (CVI). 

The following sections summarize pertinent areas of 9 CFR and State requirements.

Because the regulations are subject to change, this information should be verified.

(See appendix B for contacts in the State of destination.) An entry permit may also

be required from the State of destination. 

Diseased Animals and Poultry

Interstate movement of diseased animals and poultry is generally prohibited, 9 CFR

Part 71.3.

a. Animals or poultry affected with any of the following diseases endemic to the

United States shall not be moved to another State except as provided for in the

CFR: equine babesiosis (piroplasmosis), bovine piroplasmosis or splenetic fever,

scabies in cattle, acute swine erysipelas, tuberculosis, Johne’s disease,

brucellosis, scrapie, bluetongue, anthrax, psittacosis or ornithosis, poultry

disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype enteritidis, and Newcastle

disease, or any other communicable disease that is endemic to the United

States. Also, animals that are infested with the Boophilus tick are not to move

interstate.

b. Animals or poultry affected with any of the following diseases not known to

exist in the United States shall not be moved interstate: foot-and-mouth

disease, hog cholera (classical swine fever), rinderpest, contagious bovine

pleuropneumonia, European fowl pest, dourine, vesicular exanthema,

screwworm, glanders, scabies in sheep, or any other communicable disease

exotic to the United States.